Rukwese Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Rukwese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 109 | 1:141,635 | 18,305 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Rukwese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rukwese Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rukwese occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rukwese? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,746,159th most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. The last name Rukwese is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rukwese are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 141,635. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Masvingo Province, where 91 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 6 percent reside and Harare Province, where 1 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe Rukwese occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rukwese
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